| 1st Quarter | | UNLV | TCU |
| TCU at 15:00 | UNLV | TCU |
| | Kevin Sharples kickoff for 68 yards returned by Deante' Purvis for 21 yards to the UNLV 23. | 0 | 0 |
| UNLV at 14:45 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at UNLV 23 | Omar Clayton scramble for 3 yards to the UNLV 26. | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd and 7 at UNLV 26 | Channing Trotter rush for 3 yards to the UNLV 29. | | |
| 3rd and 4 at UNLV 29 | Mark Barefield rush for 3 yards to the UNLV 32. | | |
| 4th and 1 at UNLV 32 | Kyle Watson punt for 37 yards, fair catch by Jeremy Kerley at the TCU 31. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UNLV drive: 3 plays 9 yards, 02:11 UNLV PUNT |
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| TCU at 12:49 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 31 | Andy Dalton pass complete to Ryan Christian for 7 yards to the TCU 38. | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd and 3 at TCU 38 | Andy Dalton pass complete to Jeremy Kerley for 5 yards to the TCU 43 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 43 | Skye Dawson rush for 16 yards to the UNLV 41 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at UNLV 41 | Joseph Turner rush for 4 yards to the UNLV 37. | | |
| 2nd and 6 at UNLV 37 | Andy Dalton pass complete to Jeremy Kerley for 21 yards to the UNLV 16 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at UNLV 16 | Andy Dalton pass incomplete. | | |
| 2nd and 10 at UNLV 16 | TCU penalty 5 yard False Start on Marcus Cannon accepted. | | |
| 2nd and 15 at UNLV 21 | Andy Dalton pass complete to Jeremy Kerley for 9 yards to the UNLV 12. | | |
| 3rd and 6 at UNLV 12 | Andy Dalton pass incomplete. | | |
| 4th and 6 at UNLV 12 | Ross Evans 29 yard field goal GOOD. | 0 | 3 |
| | Kevin Sharples kickoff for 69 yards returned by Deante' Purvis for 38 yards to the UNLV 39. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: TCU drive: 9 plays 57 yards, 02:35 TCU FG |
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| UNLV at 10:14 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at UNLV 39 | Omar Clayton pass incomplete. | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd and 10 at UNLV 39 | Omar Clayton pass complete to Ryan Wolfe for 11 yards to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 50 | Channing Trotter rush over left end for 1 yard to the TCU 49. | | |
| 2nd and 9 at TCU 49 | Omar Clayton rush for 2 yards to the TCU 47. | | |
| 3rd and 7 at TCU 47 | UNLV penalty 5 yard False Start on Joe Hawley accepted. | | |
| 3rd and 12 at UNLV 48 | Omar Clayton pass complete to Phillip Payne for 4 yards to the TCU 48. | | |
| 4th and 8 at TCU 48 | Kyle Watson punt for 48 yards for a touchback. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UNLV drive: 5 plays 13 yards, 02:15 UNLV PUNT |
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| TCU at 7:59 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 20 | Joseph Turner rush over left end for 9 yards to the TCU 29. | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd and 1 at TCU 29 | Joseph Turner rush over right end for 12 yards to the TCU 41 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 41 | Jeremy Kerley rush draw play for 6 yards, fumbled, forced by Jason Beauchamp, recovered by UNLV Starr Fuimaono at the TCU 47. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: TCU drive: 4 plays 27 yards, 01:59 TCU FUMB |
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| UNLV at 6:31 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 47 | Omar Clayton pass incomplete to Ryan Wolfe. | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd and 10 at TCU 47 | Team rush for a loss of 11 yards, fumbled, recovered by UNLV Omar Clayton at the UNLV 42. | | |
| 3rd and 21 at UNLV 42 | Mark Barefield rush over right end for 6 yards to the UNLV 48. | | |
| 4th and 15 at UNLV 48 | Kyle Watson punt for 52 yards for a touchback. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UNLV drive: 1 play -5 yards, 00:51 UNLV PUNT |
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| TCU at 5:09 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 20 | Andy Dalton rush quarterback draw for 5 yards to the TCU 25. | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd and 5 at TCU 25 | Andy Dalton deep pass complete to Antoine Hicks for 75 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 0 | 9 |
| | Ross Evans extra point GOOD. | 0 | 10 |
| | Kevin Sharples kickoff for 69 yards returned by Deante' Purvis for 21 yards to the UNLV 22. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: TCU drive: 2 plays 80 yards, 00:52 TCU TD |
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| UNLV at 4:17 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at UNLV 22 | Mike Clausen pass complete to Channing Trotter for 1 yard to the UNLV 23. | 0 | 10 |
| 2nd and 9 at UNLV 23 | Mike Clausen rush quarterback draw for 40 yards to the TCU 37 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 37 | Chris Brogdon rush draw play for 3 yards to the TCU 34. | | |
| 2nd and 7 at TCU 34 | Omar Clayton pass incomplete to Michael Johnson. | | |
| 3rd and 7 at TCU 34 | Omar Clayton pass incomplete to Channing Trotter, broken up by Tank Carder. | | |
| 4th and 7 at TCU 34 | Kyle Watson punt for 34 yards for a touchback. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UNLV drive: 5 plays 61 yards, 03:33 UNLV FUMB |
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| TCU at 2:05 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 20 | Matthew Tucker rush over left tackle for 21 yards to the TCU 41 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 10 |
| 1st and 10 at TCU 41 | Matthew Tucker rush over left end for 5 yards to the TCU 46. | | |
| 2nd and 5 at TCU 46 | Andy Dalton rush for 17 yards, fumbled at the UNLV 37. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: TCU drive: 2 plays 43 yards, 00:35 TCU FUMB |
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| UNLV at 0:44 | UNLV | TCU |
| 1st and 10 at UNLV 37 | C.J. Cox rush over left guard for 3 yards to the UNLV 40. | 0 | 10 |
| | End of 1st Quarter | | |
UNLV 0, 
(6) TCU 41